I was reminded that French braiding is a thing that I know how to do. I tend to think that making braids *on my self* that look attractive/well-made is too hard (although I throw quicky lopsided non-french plaits in frequently, if I know I'm not headed out of the house)... but this may not in fact be true ( Read more... )

Monday, no evening plans. But I stayed way too late in the office, archive-diving a web comic after knocking off for the night ( Read more... )

Friday was occupied stem to stern with testing patches so we could do a late build with confidence. Feels like it took way too long, but that's what it took. Was standing over my keyboard squeezing in last notes (i'd figured out a way to reproduce a related non-showstopper bug) at 6:45, as an office friend who was giving me a lift waited patiently ( Read more... )

Happy birthday to me ( Read more... )

Would anyone like to pick up my CSA farm share next Wednesday? Or have the greens that will surely be in this week's?

(The citrus and root veg will keep, but the greens might not appreciate the wait until I'll be able to cook them.)

The pick up is in Cambridgeport.
Whether you reimburse me anything is negotiable.

Oh crap! Water on the floor, and it's not from dropped snow. Must be from the ceiling ( Read more... )

Threw out the collected receipts for my college textbooks ( Read more... )

Just saw Amy Schumer's film, Trainwreck. It was not a great film. My dad quit 1/3 way in and went upstairs. It was not a terrible film either. It took a bit too long of a while to get started, and of course there was "too much passionless sex" (my dad's words). But that's Amy Schumer classic: I will push at your boundaries until you feel ( Read more... )

Woke up at about 7. Got out of bed, after only minimal rolling back to sleep. Did not do morning stretches/gentle workout routine ( Read more... )

I changed my credit card reward system a couple weeks ago, and the new card arrived last night (ok, it arrived in the morning, but I didn't open my mail until evening). To my surprise, the new card number is exactly the same as the old card number, and my online statement shows that the old-style rewards points were converted into new-style cash- ( Read more... )